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Thunder 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gaspé	AMC143, 1954- MCB143		Davie SB, Lauzon	3.1951	12.11.1951	12.1953	to Turkey 8.1957 (Trabzon)
Chaleur	MCB144		Port Arthur SB	6.1951	21.6.1952	6.1954	to France 9.1954 (La Dieppoise)
Fundy	MCB145		St. John DD&SB	6.1951	9.12.1953	3.1954	to France 3.1954 (La Dunkerquoise)
Comox	MCB146		Victoria Machinery Depot	6.1951	24.4.1952	4.1954	to Turkey 9.1957 (Tirebolu)
Cowichan	AMC147, 1954- MCB147		Victoria Machinery Depot	6.1951	12.11.1951	12.1953	to France 3.1954 (La Malouine)
Ungava	MCB148		Davie SB, Lauzon	12.1951	20.5.1953	6.1954	to Turkey 8.1957 (Tekirdag)
Quinte	MCB149		Port Arthur SB	6.1952	8.8.1953	10.1954	paid off 2.1964
Miramichi	MCB150		St. John DD&SB	6.1952	4.5.1954	7.1954	to France 10.1954 (La Lorientaise)
Fortune	MCB151		Victoria Machinery Depot	4.1952	14.4.1953	11.1954	sold 2.1964
James Bay	MCB152		Yarrows SB, Esquimalt	8.1951	12.3.1953	5.1954	sold 2.1964
Thunder	AMC153, 1954- MCB153		Canadian Vickers, Montreal	5.1951	17.7.1952	12.1953	to France 3.1954 (La Paimpolaise)
Resolute	MCB154		Kingston SB	2.1951	20.6.1953	9.1954	paid off 2.1964
Chignecto	AMC156, 1954- MCB156		Marine Industries, Sorel	6.1951	13.6.1952	12.1953	to France 5.1954 (La Bayonnaise)
Trinity	MCB157		Davie SB, Lauzon	1.1952	31.7.1953	6.1954	to Turkey 8.1957 (Terme)
Fundy	MCB159, 1972- PF159, 1979- PB159		Davie SB, Lauzon	3.1955	14.6.1956	11.1956	paid off 12.1996
Chignecto	MCB160, 1972- PF160, 1979- PB160		Davie SB, Lauzon	10.1955	17.11.1956	8.1957	paid off 12.1998
Thunder	MCB161, 1972- PF161, 1979- PB161		Port Arthur SB	9.1955	27.10.1956	10.1957	paid off 8.1997
Cowichan	MCB162, 1972- PF162, 1979- PB162		Yarrows SB, Esquimalt	7.1956	26.2.1957	12.1957	paid off 8.1997
Miramichi	MCB163, 1972- PF163, 1979- PB163		Victoria Machinery Depot	2.1956	22.2.1957	10.1957	paid off 12.1998
Chaleur	MCB164, 1972- PF164, 1979- PB164		Marine Industries, Sorel	2.1956	11.5.1957	9.1957	paid off 12.1998

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	390
Displacement full, t	412
Length, m	42.7 pp 46.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.50
Draught, m	2.60 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 52
Endurance, nm(kts)	3290(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Boffin, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	Decca TM1226 radar
Complement	40

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Project history

Four coastal minesweepers (AMC, later MCB) were ordered in 1950, followed by ten more in 1951; they were based closely on the British 'Ton' class with wood planking and aluminium framing.

Modernizations

1972, all survived as patrols: - minesweeping equipment

Naval service

No significant events.

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